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GEORGE EDWARD'STEVENS, E CLAREMONT, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

HAMM'OCK-SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION ibrming part of Letters Patent No. 352.842, dated November 16, 1886.

Application filed October 1%, 1885. Serial No. 179,690. (No model.)

TooZZ whom it may concern.-

' 'Be it known that I, GEORGE EDWARD STE- '-i VENS, of Olaremont, in the county of Sullivan and State of New Hampshire, have invented a newan'd useful Improvement in Hammock- Supports; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description of the f same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention relates to an improvement in combined lawn awning and, hammock supports-and its object is to furnish a hammocksupport provided with an awning which can be readily and conveniently taken down or set up to afford'protection and shelter from the sun and inclement weather, which willalso l. besal'e and reliable; and, further,,it is particularly desirable for picnics, excursions, and

other occasions, as also for lawns; and its novelty consists in the peculiar and particular arrangement and construction of its detail and i-essential parts, all as more fully hereinafter which Figure 1 is a side elevation of asupport embodying my improvements, with parts shown in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is an end view of the same, with portions shown in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the support, with parts shown in dotted lines, with awning attached, the same being partly broken away to show manner of attachingit. Fig 4, is an end View of a metal cap with parts in dotted lines; Fig. 5, a side view of the same; Fig. 6, a top plan View of a band secured to the stake or post; Fig. 7, a side view of same. Fig. 8 is an end View of a cap upon the end of an arm. Fig. 9 is a vertical section of the same as secured to one end of the arm. Fig. 10 is a top view of the connection-plate; Fig. 11, a side view of the same; Fig. 12,'an end view of a hinge-connection; Fig. 13,- a side View of the same; Fig. 14, an end view of the socket or shoe for supporting the legs or standards; Fig. 15, a side view of the same. 7

Similar letters denote corresponding parts in the several views.

As thetwo ends of this support are of precise construction, I will merely describe one end, for the sake of convenience.

A A denote the legs or standards, provided near their upper ends with lateral arms B B,- secured thereto by means of sockets F F.

The legs or standards A A arespread apart at their lower ends, and set in shoes E E, made in two separable sections, while the upper ends of these legs or standards are brought together and inserted, and secured by screws d d, in the sockets of a metal triangularshaped cap, 0. (Shown in detail in Figs. 4 and 5.) This metal cap Ghas projections c 0 upon its upper end, which serve as hooks for wires ff, one of which is attached at its outer end to a cap, G, on the end of thearm B of one ofthe legs or standards A,while the other is attached to one corner of a square cap, I,

secured upon the end of a brace, r, secured to the leg or standard A, near its arm B. Asirni lar wire, f, extends from the opposite corner of this cap I to the cap G of the arm B.(shown in Figs. 10 and 11,) located near the brace r,

and said wiresf andf, which are attached to the caps G G, are secured by passing and twisting the ends around the heads of the .screws 2, used in securing said caps to the arms B B.

The cap G is cast onits inside with a hook,

d, by means of which a hammock may be supported from the two ends of the support or frame A A, and said hookd has on its undersidea lug or projection, e,which holdsin place a wire, Z, which is coiled around the hook d at one end, and passed over the cap'G, between its hooks c c, and secured at its other end to the eyebolt n of a screw-buckle, j, which has another eyebolt that connects with an eye, a, of a band, t, which surrounds the stake D, set in the ground to secure the legs or standards A A in proper position. Other wires, 10 It, run

.from hooks h h, cast upon one side of the caps G G, down to and through eyebolt n of screwbuckle j, and are connected by another screwbuckle, m, so as to be tightened, if desired. Other wires, 9, attached to hooks h h on the opposite sides of the caps G G, connect the arms 106 B Bof the two ends of the frame A A.

A central wire, S, coiled round hooks b b,

upon the caps O, connects the two pairs of t for use as a clothes-drier.

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legs or standards AA at their upper ends, and whenthe braces r are used a wire, 0, is attached to one corner of each of the plates I, and a second wire, 0, attached to the opposite corners of said plate, extends down to the eyebolt 12 of the screw buckle j, and it can be tightened by a sorew-buckle, p, as shown in Fig. 2.

Instead of using the screw-buckle j at both ends of the frame, I use it only at one end, and attach the wires 71', Z, and 0 to their stake D by means of a hook, t, and chain u, as shown in Fig. 1.

From the wires connecting the two ends of the frame, and the wires running from the caps G to the arms B, I attach and suspend the pieces of cloth L and M (forming, respectively, the sides and top of the tent) by means of hooks a,ot' any well-known construe tion, and to give support to the wires 9 9 uprights 1, 2, and 3 may be used in the manner shown in Fig. 3.

Instead of using the sockets F for'secnring the arms B to the legs or standards A, I may use a bracket, J, such as shown in Figs. 12 and 18, whereby the arms B could be hinged or pivoted by the bolt K, so as to fold up against the legs or standards A for convenience in It will also be seen that the stakes D should be made square in order to have a better hold in the ground and give more resistance to the tension of the wires. It will also be apparent that I have used the term wir-es.

only tor convenience, for instead of wiresfor connecting the several parts rope or wire cable can be used.

The several parts of my framc-such as the caps 011 the ends of the arms B and legs or standards A Aare capable of many changes in construction without the exercise of invention,and therefore I do not wish to be confined to their precise construction. I

The support is very stiliiand strongand will not break nor tip over, like many other supports of this character. It can be used as a tent by removing the cloth from the side Wires, or by removing the arms B B and the side and end wires, and is also well adapted The pitch of the roof may be regulated by using shorter or longer arms 13 B,or by placing them higher or lower upon the legs or standards A A.

I am aware that tripod caps witha hook for the attachment of hammock-ropes are old, as are alsoquarter-turn pieces or castings with a hook for the support of a hammock, and with a stud for receiving endsupports for an awning, and therefore lay no claim thereto; but What I "claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The eombination,with the legs or. standards A A, of the triangular caps C 0, provided each with a hook, I), on one side, apair of hooks, 0 c, on the upper end, a hook, d, on the other side, and a hook,e,below said hook d, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination of the legs or standards A A, the triangular caps O 0, each having a, pair of hooks, 0 0, on its upper end, an arm, B, attached to each leg or standard,wires con-- necting said arms, and wires connected to the arms and to the hooks c c on the caps, substantially as described. 7

3. The combination of the legs or standards A A, caps O 0, having hooks c c, braces 1'1", with plates I on their ends, wires connecting said braces, and wires connecting them with the caps and with stakes in the ground, substantially as described. A H 4. The legs or standards A A, the caps O, for securing the upper ends of said legs orl standards together, Wires extending from said caps down to and connecting with a band; around astake set in the ground, and screw; buckles for tightening said wires, all combined, substantially as described.

5. The legs or standards A A, secured to- 3 neeting the several caps, and wires extending therefrom down to the stakes, with screw;

buckles for regulating t-heirtension, su bstan tially as described.

In testimony whereofl affix my signature 1n presenceoftwo witnesses.

GEORGE EDWARD s'rnvnns,

Witnesses:

JAMES H. PERKINS, WILLIE l3. JENKINS. 

